Panel fence.



l No. 729,779. PATBNTED 7171757; "2, 190:3."

` K. MAHAN.

PANEL FENCE. 1 APPLIOATION FILED oo'r.9, u1901.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES.-

'Patented' June 2, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PANEL FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,779, dated June 2,1903.

Serial No. 78,123. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it pta/y u/cern:

Be it known that l, MATT K. MAHAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hartsells, in the county of Morgan and State of Alabama,have invented a new and useful Panel Fence, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in fences.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction offences and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one of aportable character, capable of being quickly set up for use and adaptedto be conveniently carried.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fence of thischaracter which will dispense with numerous posts or stakes that aredriven Orotherwise mounted in the ground.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a fenceconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2is a detailsectional view illustrating the manner of securing the panels to the topwire.

Like numerals Vof reference designate corresponding parts in bothfigures of the drawings.

`l l designate similar panels, designed to be constructed of anysuitable material which will render tliemlight and portable, and eachpanel is composed of end uprights or bars 2 and connecting planks orrails 3, which may be of any desired number and which are suitablysecured to the end bars or uprights. The panels which rest upon theground are connected by bottom ties 4, of wire or other suitablematerial.l The wire of which the tie is constructed is arranged on thelower ends of the uprights or bars, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2,and its ends are suitably secured together, preferably by twisting. Anynumber of panels may be arranged betweentwo end posts or supports5,2which inayconsist of trees or may be formed by ordinary fenceposts.These posts 5 are firmly set in the ground and in practice will beplaced at a distance of about one hundred yards apart. The uprights orbars 2, adjacent to the posts or supports 5, are secured at their lowerends to the same by bottom ties G, constructed of wire and arrangedsimilar to those heretofore described.

The panels are supported and prevented from swaying laterally by meansof a top wire 7 stretched from one post or support 5 to the other andsuitably secured to the same, preferably by being passed around theposts or supports 5 and twisted on the body portion of thesupporting-wire. The upper ends of the barsor uprights 2 of the panelsare provided with narrow vertical slots 8 for the re- 'ception of thesupporting-wire 7, which is secured in the slots by means of removablepins or keys 9, arranged at an inclination, as clearly shown in Fig. 2,to prevent them from being accidentally jolted out of the perforationsof the uprights or bars. The removable pins or keys present inclinedportions to the horizontal top wires 7 and hold the same against the endbars or uprights at the bottoms of the slots. These slots orbifurcations, which extend downward from the top of the bars oruprights, may be arranged in any suitable manner, but are preferablydisposed in alinement, as shown, and by securing the upper ends of theuprights or bars to the top wire in this manner the panels may bereadily detached and numerous wire ties and analogous devices aredispensed with.

lt will be seen that thefence, which is simple and comparatively`inexpensive in construction, may be rapidly erected, that the panels,which may be constructed of any suitable material, can be convenientlycarried or hauled from one place to another, and that the'top wirewhenstretched to the proper tension is adapted to support the panels againstlateral movement.4 lt will also be apparent that by constructing a fenceas herein shown and described the digging of numerous post-holes and thedriving `of stakes are obviated.

In a fence, the combination with a horizontal suppo1ting-wire, of meansfor supporting the same, a removable panel having end bars provided withslots to receive the sup- ICO porting-Wire and with inclined transverseIn testimony that I claim the foregoing as perforations, and removablekeys inserted my own I have hereto axed my signature in through theperforations above and in Contact the presence of two Witnesses.

with the supporting-Wire, whereby the keys will be maintained at aninclination to prevent their accidental escape and to maintain the Wiresecurely in the slots.

MATT K. MAHAN.

Witnesses z JOSEPH A. WEST, JAMES H. CoRSBIs.

